What you need to know:

A once-married man describing women…the whole lot of them as naturally bad?

It’s clear this guy who has just joined me at my table knows me better than I know him because he called my name after saying hi.

I soon learn he’s called Dennis. I’m a typical M’bongo who subscribes to the creed instilled unto us by Mwalimu Nyerere: all human beings are my kin, and Africa (read Bongo) is one.

I offer Dennis a “welcome drink", and we’re soon conversing on numerous topics until we navigate into family matters. At some point, he declares: